Improvement in indexing books



J. EGHOLS. Indexing Books.

No. 200,381, Patented Feb., 19, 187-8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

J OSEPHUS EOHOLS, OF'WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN INDEIXING BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,381, dated February19, 1878; application filed June 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPHUS EoHoLs, of WestPoint, in the county of- Clay and State of Mississippi, have invented anew and useful Index to Books, which index'is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanyin g drawing Figure 1 of which is aplan view, representing one division of a book divided into sections,and showing my index. Fig. 2 is an edge view, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

The object of my invention is to avoid the usual indefinite and tedioussearch for pages and subjects in books by a direct and easy mode ofreference.

A is the upper end of a section, whose edges of the leaves so recedefrom each other as to leave spaces for heading and paging, which are allseen at once when the book is opened on the first pages of the leaves;and B is a similar device at the lower end and on the other side of thesame section. 0 is the upper prong ofthe divider on one side of thesection, D, the lower prong of the divider on the other side, each sograduated, as shown in Fig. 3, as to fit the vacant place caused by thereceding of the edges of the leaves, thus placing both prongs of onedivider on the same side of a section. E is a strip of the divider whichextends over the outer edge of the section, thus protecting the leaves,and upon the outer edge F, Fig. 2, of which strip or bar the subjectsand pages are indexed, thus indicating at sight, when the book isclosed, the subjectmatter and the paging included in each division andin the book.

There may be several modificationsfirst, the edges receding only at oneend, with dividers attached; second, instead of thedividers, tags may beused to indicate letters'and pages.

It is evident that my index is not confined to one kind or several kindsof books, thus making it a universal index; yet it will be chiefly usedfor dictionaries, lexicons, ledgers, and all books of reference.

I am aware that it is not new to arrange consecutive leaves ofvaryinglengths or widths to provide marginal spaces for indexes extendingacross the top or side of such leaves, and therefore I do not claim suchas my invention.

What I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. The combination of the graduated leaves .A and the divider E,provided with the beveled strip 0, as shown and described.

2. The divider E, provided with the beveled I strip 0 and edge index F,as shown and described.

J. EGHOLS.

Witnesses:

ALEX. Soorr, J. HENRY KAISER.

